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@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@travisdh1 said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
I'll recommend Drupal. It's the most flexible and you can build anything. It's great for very simple sites or really complex ones.
I'm apparently one of the few that has much more experience with Drupal than Wordpress. Too be fair tho, when we moved to Drupal originally it was moving off of Joomla, which would make just about anything else look good by comparison.
To me it seems to get the benefits Drupal offers over Wordpress, you have to sit down and spend a lot of time coding shit. Otherwise I'd just install a plugin to Wordpress to get what I need.
Everything I needed to do with Drupal, someone already had a plugin made that did it. So at least for me, it was just about the same experience. I happen to use it for my personal site because I already knew it very well. I'm sure Wordpress would be just as easy once I learned where everything was in the menus.
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@travisdh1 said in Intranet suggestions....:
Everything I needed to do with Drupal, someone already had a plugin made that did it.
Yeah, same with WordPress... so in that case Drupal provides no benefit over WordPress, except for the fact you are more familiar with Drupal being the only reason to use it.
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@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@travisdh1 said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
I'll recommend Drupal. It's the most flexible and you can build anything. It's great for very simple sites or really complex ones.
I'm apparently one of the few that has much more experience with Drupal than Wordpress. Too be fair tho, when we moved to Drupal originally it was moving off of Joomla, which would make just about anything else look good by comparison.
To me it seems to get the benefits Drupal offers over Wordpress, you have to sit down and spend a lot of time coding shit. Otherwise I'd just install a plugin to Wordpress to get what I need.
You don't need to do any coding at all. It's all built through the interface.
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@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@travisdh1 said in Intranet suggestions....:
Everything I needed to do with Drupal, someone already had a plugin made that did it.
Yeah, same with WordPress... so in that case Drupal provides no benefit over WordPress, except for the fact you are more familiar with Drupal being the only reason to use it.
The modules in Drupal are more powerful than the plugins for WordPress. It's two different architectures. One is a blogging platform that can do static sites. The other is a CMF that you can build your own CMS or web app.
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@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@travisdh1 said in Intranet suggestions....:
Everything I needed to do with Drupal, someone already had a plugin made that did it.
Yeah, same with WordPress... so in that case Drupal provides no benefit over WordPress, except for the fact you are more familiar with Drupal being the only reason to use it.
The modules in Drupal are more powerful than the plugins for WordPress. It's two different architectures. One is a blogging platform that can do static sites. The other is a CMF that you can build your own CMS or web app.
Is the only place to find modules for Drupal?
https://www.drupal.org/project/project_moduleA good amount of plugins for Wordpress can be found and installed directly from Wordpress installation.
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@black3dynamite said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@travisdh1 said in Intranet suggestions....:
Everything I needed to do with Drupal, someone already had a plugin made that did it.
Yeah, same with WordPress... so in that case Drupal provides no benefit over WordPress, except for the fact you are more familiar with Drupal being the only reason to use it.
The modules in Drupal are more powerful than the plugins for WordPress. It's two different architectures. One is a blogging platform that can do static sites. The other is a CMF that you can build your own CMS or web app.
Is the place to find modules for Drupal?
https://www.drupal.org/project/project_moduleA good amount of plugins for Wordpress can be found and installed directly from Wordpress installation.
Ya that's where they all are. There are some defaults that you can enable from an initial install but that has all of them. You just copy the link and paste it in your Drupal site to install the module.
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@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@black3dynamite said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@travisdh1 said in Intranet suggestions....:
Everything I needed to do with Drupal, someone already had a plugin made that did it.
Yeah, same with WordPress... so in that case Drupal provides no benefit over WordPress, except for the fact you are more familiar with Drupal being the only reason to use it.
The modules in Drupal are more powerful than the plugins for WordPress. It's two different architectures. One is a blogging platform that can do static sites. The other is a CMF that you can build your own CMS or web app.
Is the place to find modules for Drupal?
https://www.drupal.org/project/project_moduleA good amount of plugins for Wordpress can be found and installed directly from Wordpress installation.
Ya that's where they all are. There are some defaults that you can enable from an initial install but that has all of them. You just copy the link and paste it in your Drupal site to install the module.
You can also just unzip a module in the modules dir and it's installed.
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@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@black3dynamite said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@travisdh1 said in Intranet suggestions....:
Everything I needed to do with Drupal, someone already had a plugin made that did it.
Yeah, same with WordPress... so in that case Drupal provides no benefit over WordPress, except for the fact you are more familiar with Drupal being the only reason to use it.
The modules in Drupal are more powerful than the plugins for WordPress. It's two different architectures. One is a blogging platform that can do static sites. The other is a CMF that you can build your own CMS or web app.
Is the place to find modules for Drupal?
https://www.drupal.org/project/project_moduleA good amount of plugins for Wordpress can be found and installed directly from Wordpress installation.
Ya that's where they all are. There are some defaults that you can enable from an initial install but that has all of them. You just copy the link and paste it in your Drupal site to install the module.
You can also just unzip a module in the modules dir and it's installed.
Can I update the modules that is currently installed from the GUI too?
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@black3dynamite said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@black3dynamite said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@travisdh1 said in Intranet suggestions....:
Everything I needed to do with Drupal, someone already had a plugin made that did it.
Yeah, same with WordPress... so in that case Drupal provides no benefit over WordPress, except for the fact you are more familiar with Drupal being the only reason to use it.
The modules in Drupal are more powerful than the plugins for WordPress. It's two different architectures. One is a blogging platform that can do static sites. The other is a CMF that you can build your own CMS or web app.
Is the place to find modules for Drupal?
https://www.drupal.org/project/project_moduleA good amount of plugins for Wordpress can be found and installed directly from Wordpress installation.
Ya that's where they all are. There are some defaults that you can enable from an initial install but that has all of them. You just copy the link and paste it in your Drupal site to install the module.
You can also just unzip a module in the modules dir and it's installed.
Can I update the modules that is currently installed from the GUI too?
Yes. However to update Drupal core you need to either download the new code base and replace the old one or just use Drush which is a command line tool. You can just run
drush upand it will update everything. I think Drupal 8 is supposed to have built in core updates but between Drush and Pantheon I've never needed it. Pantheon is amazing because they pull in all of the code updates and you just click the button and it updates your site. -
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
One is a blogging platform that can do static sites.
WordPress is a full CMS.
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
The modules in Drupal are more powerful than the plugins for WordPress.
I do agree with this.
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@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
One is a blogging platform that can do static sites.
WordPress is a full CMS.
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
The modules in Drupal are more powerful than the plugins for WordPress.
I do agree with this.
Right they're a CMS that does blogging and static pages. Drupal is a full CMF.
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@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
One is a blogging platform that can do static sites.
WordPress is a full CMS.
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
The modules in Drupal are more powerful than the plugins for WordPress.
I do agree with this.
Right they're a CMS that does blogging and static pages.
All CMSs do...
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@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
One is a blogging platform that can do static sites.
WordPress is a full CMS.
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
The modules in Drupal are more powerful than the plugins for WordPress.
I do agree with this.
Right they're a CMS that does blogging and static pages.
All CMSs do...
That was my point. Drupal does a ton more since it's not just a CMS.
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@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
One is a blogging platform that can do static sites.
WordPress is a full CMS.
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
The modules in Drupal are more powerful than the plugins for WordPress.
I do agree with this.
Right they're a CMS that does blogging and static pages.
All CMSs do...
That was my point. Drupal does a ton more since it's not just a CMS.
What's some things Drupal does besides static pages and blogging, that you just can't have WordPress do by itself or via plugins?
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@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@black3dynamite said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@black3dynamite said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@travisdh1 said in Intranet suggestions....:
Everything I needed to do with Drupal, someone already had a plugin made that did it.
Yeah, same with WordPress... so in that case Drupal provides no benefit over WordPress, except for the fact you are more familiar with Drupal being the only reason to use it.
The modules in Drupal are more powerful than the plugins for WordPress. It's two different architectures. One is a blogging platform that can do static sites. The other is a CMF that you can build your own CMS or web app.
Is the place to find modules for Drupal?
https://www.drupal.org/project/project_moduleA good amount of plugins for Wordpress can be found and installed directly from Wordpress installation.
Ya that's where they all are. There are some defaults that you can enable from an initial install but that has all of them. You just copy the link and paste it in your Drupal site to install the module.
You can also just unzip a module in the modules dir and it's installed.
Can I update the modules that is currently installed from the GUI too?
Yes. However to update Drupal core you need to either download the new code base and replace the old one or just use Drush which is a command line tool. You can just run
drush upand it will update everything. I think Drupal 8 is supposed to have built in core updates but between Drush and Pantheon I've never needed it. Pantheon is amazing because they pull in all of the code updates and you just click the button and it updates your site.Pantheon even supports Wordpress too.
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@black3dynamite said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@black3dynamite said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@black3dynamite said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@travisdh1 said in Intranet suggestions....:
Everything I needed to do with Drupal, someone already had a plugin made that did it.
Yeah, same with WordPress... so in that case Drupal provides no benefit over WordPress, except for the fact you are more familiar with Drupal being the only reason to use it.
The modules in Drupal are more powerful than the plugins for WordPress. It's two different architectures. One is a blogging platform that can do static sites. The other is a CMF that you can build your own CMS or web app.
Is the place to find modules for Drupal?
https://www.drupal.org/project/project_moduleA good amount of plugins for Wordpress can be found and installed directly from Wordpress installation.
Ya that's where they all are. There are some defaults that you can enable from an initial install but that has all of them. You just copy the link and paste it in your Drupal site to install the module.
You can also just unzip a module in the modules dir and it's installed.
Can I update the modules that is currently installed from the GUI too?
Yes. However to update Drupal core you need to either download the new code base and replace the old one or just use Drush which is a command line tool. You can just run
drush upand it will update everything. I think Drupal 8 is supposed to have built in core updates but between Drush and Pantheon I've never needed it. Pantheon is amazing because they pull in all of the code updates and you just click the button and it updates your site.Pantheon even supports Wordpress too.
Ya they do.
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I'm going to give Drupal another try and actually do more than just install and forget.
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@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
@tim_g said in Intranet suggestions....:
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
One is a blogging platform that can do static sites.
WordPress is a full CMS.
@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:
The modules in Drupal are more powerful than the plugins for WordPress.
I do agree with this.
Right they're a CMS that does blogging and static pages.
All CMSs do...
That was my point. Drupal does a ton more since it's not just a CMS.
What's some things Drupal does besides static pages and blogging, that you just can't have WordPress do by itself or via plugins?
You can create your own content types and entities (more bare than a content type) to create any type of record you want. So for example a mileage app I created.
I can log in and put in a trip
The vehicles drop down can be it's own field or tied to a taxonomy vocabulary so you can do some other integration. Then I can display this however I want. So I just have a simple table based view but you can have any kind of view you can think of.
But this is a super simple app. The last place I worked I had an intranet that did QA reports for welding, delivery people would sign with their finger directly on the site for deliveries, safety issue tracking, incident tracking, serial number tracking for specific parts, etc.
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@black3dynamite said in Intranet suggestions....:
I'm going to give Drupal another try and actually do more than just install and forget.
It's a little bit of a learning curve but once you get it you won't go back. I do have a site hosted on WordPress with their like $4 a month thing, but that's because I don't have to do anything with it. If I have to manage and build a site, I'll use Drupal.
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@black3dynamite said in Intranet suggestions....:
I'm going to give Drupal another try and actually do more than just install and forget.
Create a Pantheon account. It's free and you get a couple sandbox sites. It's expensive to host live with them (like $50 a month I think) but if you just want to do dev and not manage everything underneath it's probably worth it. But the free sandbox is awesome to build a site with.
You get a dev, test, and prod environment and you can commit changes between each with the push of a button.
